Welcome Jahan Dotson, WR PSU - 1st Round Pick

[GridIron26]

Originally Posted by vallin21

I agree. They thought Hamilton, Olave, or Williams would fall to 16. That didn’t happen so they panicked and took Dotson. Getting the extra 3rd and 4th helps, but I’m convinced we could’ve traded down to the 20’s, grabbed an extra pick or two, and still got Dotson.

That's a bad assumption

[vallin21]

Originally Posted by GridIron26

That's a bad assumption

*In my opinion* Dotson was a reach *at 16*; and I’ll assume again we could’ve traded back to the 20’s, added another pick, and Dotson would’ve still been there.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by vallin21

*In my opinion* Dotson was a reach *at 16*; and I’ll assume again we could’ve traded back to the 20’s, added another pick, and Dotson would’ve still been there.

And you'd be pissed off if we had traded to the low 20s and he wasn't there.

I think given the run of WRs, the team couldn't have traded too far down, if their goal was to get a WR and picks.

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

And you'd be pissed off if we had traded to the low 20s and he wasn't there.

I think given the run of WRs, the team couldn't have traded too far down, if their goal was to get a WR and picks.

Plus we assume that we can freely trade down to exactly anywhere you want... but you have to find somebody to trade up...
I think they got really good value back for sliding down 5 spots.

So basically, when you think about it, and I know the 2 trades aren't connected, overall we get a starting QB + a 4th + a 7th round, and all it costed us was sliding 5 spots in the 1st + sliding down in the 2nd round + (potentially) a 2nd next year.

As for the pick itself, we all know that we won't really know before 2/3 seasons, but I like that they are trying to give Carson extra weapons.

[EdmundDorf]

Mayhew said they had offers to trade down from 16 and I would bet that Green Bay and Kansas City were among them looking to get the last of the top echelon WR, so it would be no certainty that Dotson would have been available at 20.